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Using S3 files in PHP

As I wrote, I'm using Amazon S3 to store files that are too expensive to keep on my web server, with the plan of having frequently-updated files on the server and relatively constant stuff on S3. The address for my S3 server is bililite.s3.amazonaws.com, which is stored in the global variable $_SERVER['CDN']. So to include [...]
2012 04 03 PHP
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Using NFS.net with Amazon S3

Since I started using nearlyfreespeech.net 3 months ago, I've been very pleased. Getting them to set up access with a private key was straightforward and the email support person was prompt, helpful and friendly. The only downsides are the safe mode restrictions, which I have been easily able to work around, and the expensive storage [...]
2012 04 02 Web Design Comments (0)

Inline Audio Player

Download the code. Demo. Download the WP Audio Player Standalone. So the rabbi asked me to add the ability to play the audio on the taamim page (basically, a long list of short MP3's) directly on the page, rather than click the link to open a new page. No problem, right? We're living in an [...]
2012 04 02 Javascript
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Corrected parsecss

Brad noted an incredibly dumb bug; evidently I used a single = instead of a double == in an if condition, and never tested for the false case. It is now corrected (and named version 1.4).
2012 03 06 jQuery Comments (0)

Nearly Free Speech

I've used 1&1 since I started mucking about on the web; they had a cheap plan for $3/month with one domain name and a simple LAMP stack. But the price has been going up (now $5/month; still comparatively cheap!), and I'm starting to chafe at the limitations (no SSH shell access, proprietary 404 pages, no [...]
2012 02 03 Web Design Comments (1)

New Amazon Advertising API

Just got an email from Amazon reminding me that "As part of our continued effort to ensure that the Product Advertising API is an efficient and effective advertising tool, we’ve identified opportunities to streamline the API", which is their way of saying that the API exists to make them money. Anything that doesn't serve that [...]
2012 02 01 Web Design Comments (0)

Writing CGI scripts

nearlyfreespeech runs with safe mode and safe_mode_gid on, so you can't run shell scripts or other cool things. Usually that's not an issue, but if you do, they let you run CGI scripts, in any of a number of languages. You just have to treat it as a shell script, with a shebang notation of [...]
2012 01 12 Web Design Comments (0)

Things I Learned About .htaccess, part 2

I've learned some things about .htaccess, but mostly I've learned that programming it is deep black magic. The most important thing is "Don't use mod-rewrite unless you absolutely need to". All the fancy stuff is better off done by the PHP (or whatever language you're using) code. Don't do: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)/$ [...]
2012 01 12 Web Design Comments (0)

Moving the Blog Again

I'm working on moving bililite.com to nearlyfreespeech.net; it's cheaper, more reliable and more hacker-friendly than 1&1. I'll write a post with my experiences and reasons later. But for now just the blog has moved to bililite.nfshost.com/blog, with the plan to move the domain registration for bililite.com to nearlyfreespeech when everything is working and then return [...]
2012 01 08 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Awesome

My office manager gave me this as a Christmas present. I have a great job.
2011 12 21 Uncategorized Comments (0)